HSTool for upgrading firmware of BL locked Huawei Mate 20 Pro

douglasmietto

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This is how I did it:

1. Turn off the phone
2. Hold the volume down button
3. Plug-in the USB cable while still holding the volume down button until you see fastboot
4. When you are in fastboot you press continue button in HiSuite
so even though i did .. the unrecognized device message appears
 

Tomanic

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I did some further tests and this may shed some light on why it's not working for certain people - instead of running the FHHisuite as admin try to instead run the command line as admin, e.g.:

1) click Start button and type cmd
2) right click on it and chose run as admin
3) go to the directory where you have FHHisuite located, for example cd c:\users\T\FHHisute
4) type FHHiSuiteInstaller.exe and press Enter

On the screenshots you can see the difference between what happens on PC where it didn't work versus the one that worked fine:

1) Computer where it doesn't work:


2) Computer where it works:


In case the linked images don't load here are links:

https://i.ibb.co/Pxcb3Qw/err.jpg
i.ibb.co/VjPK960/err2.jpg

Now that's where my knowledge ends, someone more skillful will have to take it from there!
 
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jimibxl

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I did some further tests and this may shed some light on why it's not working for certain people - instead of running the FHHisuite as admin try to instead run the command line as admin, e.g.:

1) click Start button and type cmd
2) right click on it and chose run as admin
3) go to the directory where you have FHHisuite located, for example cd c:\users\T\FHHisute
4) type FHHiSuiteInstaller.exe and press Enter

On the screenshots you can see the difference between what happens on PC where it didn't work versus the one that worked fine:

1) Computer where it doesn't work:


2) Computer where it works:


In case the linked images don't load here are links:

https://i.ibb.co/Pxcb3Qw/err.jpg
i.ibb.co/VjPK960/err2.jpg

Now that's where my knowledge ends, someone more skillful will have to take it from there!


it doesn't ask for a login and or password at the end of FHHiSuiteInstaller installation? i always gott a message at the end
 

ajaxchen

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2019/03/01: Tested up to 9.0.0.206. Full SafetyNet pass C432 EU.
Thanks a lot for this tool , I had upgraded my M20 Pro (C636) to 9.0.0.206 successfully . But my C636 M20 Pro cannot pass safetynet test as attachment shown , is it possible to fix ? There's another question , can you see the change log after upgraded to 9.0.0.206 ? Mine change log shows : No information...Any help is very welcome , although I am very happy with 9.0.0.206 :) . Thanks in advance .
 

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olegaku

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Thanks a lot for this tool , I had upgraded my M20 Pro (C636) to 9.0.0.206 successfully . But my C636 M20 Pro cannot pass safetynet test as attachment shown , is it possible to fix ? There's another question , can you see the change log after upgraded to 9.0.0.206 ? Mine change log shows : No information...Any help is very welcome , although I am very happy with 9.0.0.206 :) . Thanks in advance .
Try using Google pay anyway, mine fails safety net but pay works
 

mikeos

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Thanks a lot for this tool , I had upgraded my M20 Pro (C636) to 9.0.0.206 succeffully . But my C636 M20 Pro cannot pass safetynet test as attachment shown , is it possible to fix ? There's another question , can you see the change log after upgraded to 9.0.0.206 ? Mine change log shows : No information...Any help is very welcome , although I am very happy with 9.0.0.206 :) . Thanks in advance .
As noted in the OP not every firmware version is certified for every carrier/region. AFAIK this information is not public so it's a kind of lottery what happens if you upgrade.
Anyone in Asia/Pacific running 9.0.0.206 with ctsProfile pass? What carrier?
I am considering to support cust flash (soft rebranding) which would allow e.g. C636 device appear as C432, which in this example, would likely only help people passing SafetyNet in Europe (devices imported from Asia). There would be more use-cases for soft rebranding, however not considering it now a top priority.
 
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douglasmietto

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I did some further tests and this may shed some light on why it's not working for certain people - instead of running the FHHisuite as admin try to instead run the command line as admin, e.g.:

1) click Start button and type cmd
2) right click on it and chose run as admin
3) go to the directory where you have FHHisuite located, for example cd c:\users\T\FHHisute
4) type FHHiSuiteInstaller.exe and press Enter

On the screenshots you can see the difference between what happens on PC where it didn't work versus the one that worked fine:

1) Computer where it doesn't work:


2) Computer where it works:


In case the linked images don't load here are links:

https://i.ibb.co/Pxcb3Qw/err.jpg
i.ibb.co/VjPK960/err2.jpg

Now that's where my knowledge ends, someone more skillful will have to take it from there!


in my pc I have to open the original cmd or the cmd of funkyhuawei ... remembering that on my pc the cmd of funkyhuawei opens and fexa very fast .. what should I do to solve this
 

zackleeuk

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As noted in the OP not every firmware version is certified for every carrier/region. AFAIK this information is not public so it's a kind of lottery what happens if you upgrade.
Anyone in Asia/Pacific running 9.0.0.206 with ctsProfile pass? What carrier?
I am considering to support cust flash (soft rebranding) which would allow e.g. C636 device appear as C432, which in this example, would likely only help people passing SafetyNet in Europe (devices imported from Asia). There would be more use-cases for soft rebranding, however not considering it now a top priority.
Hi OP, can you help to figure out soft rebranding from China AL00 version to C432 use this way?

I think the funky Huawei use this way to load global rom in Chinese version handset.

FunkyHuawei (@FunkyHuawei) Tweeted:
We have successfully been able to load global firmware on Chinese Mate 20 series, with no bootloader unlock necessary.

We will begin taking orders for this service once we have finished testing.

Some nice news to end February :) https://twitter.com/FunkyHuawei/status/1099554255915151360?s=17
 

mikeos

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Jul 5, 2016
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Hi OP, can you help to figure out soft rebranding from China AL00 version to C432 use this way?

I think the funky Huawei use this way to load global rom in Chinese version handset.

FunkyHuawei (@FunkyHuawei) Tweeted:
We have successfully been able to load global firmware on Chinese Mate 20 series, with no bootloader unlock necessary.

We will begin taking orders for this service once we have finished testing.

Some nice news to end February :) https://twitter.com/FunkyHuawei/status/1099554255915151360?s=17
I think their china to global rebranding is based on recovery exploit (also presented as root without BL unlock) which they failed to release so far. They are able to install root, but unpatched bootloader refuses to boot the modded OS. So no, I don't think it will happen anytime soon (I might be wrong). And no, not meant for AL00 internationalization, only meant for switching regions of intl. version (L29 and possibly L09 - not tested by myself).
 

zackleeuk

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I think their china to global rebranding is based on recovery exploit (also presented as root without BL unlock) which they failed to release so far. They are able to install root, but unpatched bootloader refuses to boot the modded OS. So no, I don't think it will happen anytime soon (I might be wrong). And no, not meant for AL00 internationalization, only meant for switching regions of intl. version (L29 and possibly L09 - not tested by myself).
Thanks OP.
 

douglasmietto

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When I open hisuite 9.0.2.301 he asks to update and not to use it because it is okay. I'm going to the funky huawei website and it's low but it does not open too.
 

mista1982

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Well I tried several times and dint work.

1. question: may I have to leave the patch installer cmd window active and not push enter when the tool says about the login and credits?
And Start the hstool wait for unzipping and start recovery in hisuite with phone already in fastboot Mode..
Or I have to ignore the
response of the fhhisuiteinstaller ?

2. do you have manual method? Because every time when I start a try the hstool will unzip again and I have a slow hdd Computer and it takes at least 10 minutes ..
What does the tool after hisuite load the firmware?

And yes i have Windows 10 and c432 @187
 

saints5354

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Thanks mikeOS, i had successfully upgraded to firmware .206, so far so good. My Mate 20 Pro is LYA-L29 Singapore version. No need to pay FH anymore.

I had make a video to share my flashing experience, hope it help some member here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pPi7I1SNc&t=4s


Sad to find out that firmware .206 no improvement on video in wide angle mode, max still shot at 4K 25fps only with about 26mbps.

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douglasmietto

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when I open the version 9.0.2.301 of Hisuite he asks to overwhelm .. but when I will update Hisuite does not update the error and closes automatically
 

freelockuk

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Thanks mikeOS, i had successfully upgraded to firmware .206, so far so good. My Mate 20 Pro is LYA-L29 Singapore version. No need to pay FH anymore.

I had make a video to share my flashing experience, hope it help some member here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9pPi7I1SNc&t=4s


Sad to find out that firmware .206 no improvement on video in wide angle mode, max still shot at 4K 25fps only with about 26mbps.

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great video
didn't have a clue what to do.
still didn't work for me got to the end and phone not supported message.
will keep trying now i know what to do thanks again
 
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